This is a good letter. But I think she would have been more passionate and signed it: "Your loving wife, with many kisses and hugs." If she didn't have to work, she may have done volunteer work in hospitals treating wounded soldiers.

Black Americans were called "Negro" or "colored" at that time. "Black" was considered a racist term. And there was not much anti-war demonstrating then because American troops only fought in the final year of World War One.

Is Rachel Ng your name? Is that Vietnamese? I thought you were Chinese.